The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 113, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 2, 2019 Page: 1 of 12
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DIGIT 731
Altustimes
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2.2019
KC-46 set to land Friday at AAFB
Hot wheels
reviewed
EVENTS, PAGE 11
UPDATES. 11
SMILEY, PAGE 11
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Altus Mayor Jack Smiley
told a Wednesday morning
breakfast group that he wants
to build a community that his
children will want to come
back to and prosper.
"Lots of kids don't stay in AI
tus," he said. "We have to have
a reason for them to want to
come back.”
Smiley's three children live
in Los Angeles; Portland, Ore
gon; and (Oklahoma City.
Smiley went to grade school
in Martha and junior and se
nior high school in Altus where
he graduated in 1976. He said
he took every aviation class he
could at Western Oklahoma
State College where he learned
the ins and outs of becoming a
pilot He spent 20 years as an
Altus Pi relight er, including 3.5
years as the fire chief
Smiley and his brother in
The Duke Volunteer
Fire Department re
sponded to a struc-
ture fire on East CR
168 near Oklahoma
34 Wednesday and
found the main
building complete
ly engulfed At
another building
nearby, the frame
of an exercise bike
remained where
a tire had been
burned. Firefight-
ers were mainly
watching the fire
burn itself out
while making sure
it didn't spread.
Smiley wants to improve
quality of life in Altus
1 0
The 97111 Air Mobility
Wing stationed at Altus
Air Force Base will offi-
cially accept the KC-46A
Pegasus on Friday, Feb. 8,
during a delivery ceremo-
ny. The exact time for the
ceremony has not been
released.
The U.S. Air Force an
BY RICK CARPENTER
rick@altustimes.com
BY RICK CARPENTER
rick@altustimes.com
nounced in April 2014
that the 97th Air Mobility
Wing would be the pre
mier training location for
the KC-46.
The KC 16 brings a
capacity to receive fuel
while airborne and pro
vide refueling on the
same trip, according to
information provided by
the wing’s public affairs.
The aircraft’s fuel can be
Oklahoma Pecan Managem
Course set to begin Feb. 26
train the Kt -46 aircrew,
maintenance and sup-
port personnel to pro-
vide a new era of air
refueling capabilities for
the joint force.”
No other information
was available by Thurs-
day’s deadline The Altus
Times will report more
information in Wednes-
day’s edition if it is avail-
able.
BY KATRINA GOFORTH
katrina a altustimes com
Fire and Emergency
Management
upgrade facilities
OBITUARIES, 2
WEATHER, 3
COMICS. 4
PUZZLES/TV.5
RELIGION.6
REMEMBER WHEN, 7
CLASSIFIEDS.8 9
AGRICULTURE. 10
SPORTS, 12
City
departments
update
At the Jan. 15 Altus City Council
meeting, City Manager Janice Cain
gave updates on city departments
for fiscal year 2018-2019. which began
July 1,2018. This is part two outlining
the departmental updates presented
Please see the Jan. 30, edition of The
. Altus Times for part one, outlining the
Police Department. Animal Control
I and the Information Technologies
(IT) Department.
Fire and Emergency Management
Altus Fire and Emergency Man-
agement put in new storm sirens at
Hoydt Shadid Park by Altus Reser
voir and on South Navajoe Street near
Cole Heights Missile Park. Fire Chief
Kyle Day is said each one has a one-
mile radius.
Davis said the fire department also
went through trench training, an
I ongoing training paid for through a
grant from Homeland Security that
costs approximately $15,000to $25,000.
Davis said the training is not only for
Altus firefighters, but other depart
| ments as well.
Fire and Emergency Management
also put in a generator at Fire Sta-
tion 2 Emergency Operation Center
(EC )C)on North Main Street that runs
on natural gas or propane.
"That's one thing you want to keep
going and running,” Cain said, speak
| ing about the event of a power outage
Other improvements have been
made to the EOC as well, including
the addition of an EOC monitor and
Davis WeatherLink service (a weath
| er-monitoring online database).
The fire department purchased a
' brush truck as well that Cain says is
used more on rural tires, but is useful
nonetheless according to Davis.
Davis said that although the front
line trucks are really good if one of
them becomes inoperational, they're
only reserve units are late- 1980s mod
els. The brush truck will help relieve
j the stress on those reserve units
Parks and Recreation
This has been a busy year for A1-
tus Parksand Recreation The major
project has been the Altus Splashpad
on Katy Drive that opened in August
next to the City Gymnasium and Park
and Recreation offices. That area has
seen a lot of updating in the last year
including new floors at the gymna-
sium, renovated offices and the ad
dition of crosswalks connecting the
gymnasium to Cole Height Missile
I Park.
The department has rebuilt the
kitchen walls at the Community Cen
1 ter on Falcon Road, installed new
outdoor BBQ grills at Hoydt Shadid
n
GRAYSTONE
Media Group
Rick Carpenter | Altus Times
Incumbent Mayor Jack Smiley
Sooner Turbine Aviation, LLC
based in Oklahoma City. One
of his main customers is the
University of Oklahoma Head
Football Coach, Lincoln Riley
After Wednesday's breakfast,
he was flying the coach to visit
some recruits.
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Area retailers
and merchants offer
discounts and savings
during Bargain Blizzard
Days scheduled today.
For more information
call (580) 482-0210.
Quilts of Valor National
Sew Day hosted by
Johnson's Vacuum
Shop and Sewing
Basket, 105 W. Com-
merce, is scheduled
today from 10a.m. to
2 p.m. This event is
for seasoned quilters
and those wishing to
learn how to sew an
easy star quilt block.
Fabric and snacks will
be provided. For more
information call (580)
477-1398.
The Southwest
Oklahoma Republi
can Women will host
a Municipal Candidate
Forum on Monday.
Feb. 4, beginning at 6
p.m. in the Southwest
Technology Center, 711
E. Tamarack Road in
Altus. Candidates for
mayor, council wards
two, three and four
and supporters and
opponents of a ques-
tion to revoke the city
charter will be allowed
to speak.
The Coffee Cup Bunch
is scheduled to meet
for a book review of "Ca-
lamity Jane: The Woman
and the Legend" present
ed by Theresa Gardiner on
Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 10
a.m. at Altus Public Li
brary, 421 N. Hudson.
For more information,
call (580) 482-1044.
The Jackson County
Retired Educators will
meet for the Coffee Cup
Bunch book review at U)
a.m. on Wednesday,
Feb. 6, at Altus Public
Library, 421 N. Hudson
followed by a business
meeting at 11 a.m. For
more information call
(580)477-2890.
Meet the Artist, Mande
Gaffney is scheduled for
Friday, Feb. 8 from 7 to
9p.m. at Gilded Prairie
Studios, 217 N. Main
St. Local abstract art-
ist Mande Calhoun Art
is scheduled to appear
with refreshments. For
more information, call
(580) 826-3321.
T he Sth Annual Choc
olate Festival hosted by
the Armed Services
YMCA is scheduled
for Friday, Feb. 8 from
7to 10 p.m. at Quartz
Mountain Resort.
22469 Lodge Road in
Lone Wolf. Tickets
are $25 per person
or $40 per couple.
To purchase tickets,
visit ww.asymca.ord
altus or call Quartz.
Mountain Resort (877)
999-5567 to purchase
the Sweetheart Pack-
age a one night stay,
two tickets, and two
glasses of wine.
The Miss Altus Pag
eant is scheduled for
Saturday, Feb. 9 from 8
to 10 p.m. at the Altus
City Auditorium. 221
E. Commerce St. For
law. State Rep. Charles Ortega.
R-52, owned and operated Smi-
ley’s Tire and Auto in Altus that
had been a family owned oper-
ated business since 1955 The
Buxton Bush Group bought
Smiley's Tire and Auto in De
cember 2018. He said he and (r-
tega sold the company because
none of their children wanted
to take over the business.
After retiring from the lire
department. Smiley shifted to
his first love, living airplanes.
He holds an Airline Trans
port Pilot rating with more
than 10,000 hours of Pi-
lot in -Command, he is a cer-
tified flight instructor and a
member of Ihe Aircraft Owner
and Pilots Association.
His aviation career has in
cluded operating a flight school
and charter service, serving as
a commuter airline pilot and
flying for various corporations.
For the past 18 years, Smiley
has been the Chief Pilot for
pumped through boom,
drogue and wing aerial
refeuling pods, highlight
ing multipoint aerial
refueling The KC 16 has
the capacity to care more
than 212,000 pounds of
fuel.
The aircraft can also ac
commodate a mixed load
of passengers, aeromedi-
cal evacuation and cargo
capabilities. Depending
on the fuel storage con-
figuration, the KC-46 can
carry a load of as much
as 65,000 pounds of cargo.
Col Eric Carney 97th
Air Mobility Wing com
mander. said the wing
is prepared to take on
the KC-46. "Through
the hard work and ded-
ication of the men and
women of the Mighty
97th,' we are ready to
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